Anthriscus


Anthriscus is a common plant genus of the family Apiaceae, growing in Europe and temperate parts of Asia. It comprises 15 species. The genus grows in meadows and verges on slightly wet porous soils. One species, Anthriscus cerefolium is cultivated and used in the kitchen to flavor foods.
Anthriscus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the mouse moth.
The hollow stem is erect and branched, ending in compound umbels of small white or greenish flowers. The leaves are bipinnate or tripinnate.
Image:Illustration Anthriscus cerefolium0.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Garden Chervil
from Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885

Species of ''Anthriscus''

  • Anthriscus africana Hook. f.
  • Anthriscus caucalis M. Bieb. - Bur chervil
  • Anthriscus cerefolium Hoffm. - Garden chervil, French parsley
  • Anthriscus fumarioides Spreng.
  • Anthriscus glacialis Lipsky
  • Anthriscus kotschyi Fenzl ex Boiss.
  • Anthriscus lamprocarpa Boiss.
  • Anthriscus mollis Boiss. & Reut.
  • Anthriscus nemorosa Spreng
  • Anthriscus nitida Garcke
  • Anthriscus ruprechtii Boiss.
  • Anthriscus schmalhausenii Koso-Pol.
  • Anthriscus sylvestris Hoffm. - Wild chervil
  • Anthriscus tenerrima Boiss. & Spruner
  • Anthriscus velutinus Sommier & Levier

    Etymology

The name is from the Latin Anthriscus and Greek anthriskos, names for chervil, and may be connected to the Greek athēr, the "beard" of grain.